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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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  • MattSuda
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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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After updating app, all saved artists are gone except for a few

Hi all,I recently updated the Spotify app for mac and when it rebooted I had lost all artists except for 6-7 recent adds. When I check the online browser version, all my saved artists are still there. However, in the app, it shows that I can "resave"...

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  • Hi all, I recently updated the Spotify app for mac and when it rebooted I had lost all artists except for 6-7 recent adds. When I check the online browser version, all my saved artists are still t...
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Recently Played Artists wrong.

The Recently Played Artists that are displaying on my profile are completely wrong (I haven't ever heard of some of them) and are not updating. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

  • Newbie
  • The Recently Played Artists that are displaying on my profile are completely wrong (I haven't ever heard of some of them) and are not updating.  Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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App play/pause contols arent available - Macbook Pro

Spotify app no longer works. IOS version Yosemite 10.10.1 Spotify release: 0.9.15.27 See attached deleted and re-installed - same result works fine on iphone and ipad see screenshot

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  • Spotify app no longer works.   IOS version Yosemite 10.10.1   Spotify release:  0.9.15.27   See attached   deleted and re-installed - same result   works...
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combining two playlists on iPhone or iPad

How do I combine two large playlists on iPhone or iPad? (I know how to move one song at a time, but I cannot find a way to combine entire playlists. I also know how to combine playlists on iMac or MacBook, by highlightling and dragging, which doesn't...

  • Casual Listener
  • How do I combine two large playlists on iPhone or iPad? (I know how to move one song at a time, but I cannot find a way to combine entire playlists. I also know how to combine playlists on iMac or Ma...
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New Mac Spotify update...

I absoulutely hate it. There's no friend thing on the right anymore, there's no Apps left and where the banner is the sides of it are just black and empty. Is there actually any thing good in this update except for it being a bit wider? (This is just...

  • Gig Goer
  • I absoulutely hate it. There's no friend thing on the right anymore, there's no Apps left and where the banner is the sides of it are just black and empty. Is there actually any thing good in this up...
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Not Recieving Messages in Spotify App Inbox

I have not recieved a message in my Inbox since November 17th. All Spotify messages are being sent through Facebook, which I do not like. I prefer the way it worked previously. I don't like having my browser open all day in order to recieve messages ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have not recieved a message in my Inbox since November 17th. All Spotify messages are being sent through Facebook, which I do not like. I prefer the way it worked previously. I don't like having my...
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playlists not displaying cover art

This just started happening recently where most, but not all playlists are no longer displaying any cover art. Where there used to be 1 or 4 covers is now the grey note icon (same as the iTunes icon) in a blank black box. However, if i go to my profi...

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  • This just started happening recently where most, but not all playlists are no longer displaying any cover art. Where there used to be 1 or 4 covers is now the grey note icon (same as the iTunes icon)...
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Music will only play if the app is on the front screen

For some reason, only since yesterday, music will only play if spotify is on the screen. Cant lock it, send a message, anything. Ive tried pressing play from the swipe up bar and still nothing, it will say the songs name and then when i press play ju...

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  • For some reason, only since yesterday, music will only play if spotify is on the screen. Cant lock it, send a message, anything. Ive tried pressing play from the swipe up bar and still nothing, it wi...
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Solved!! Playlist Won't Stop Playing.

I already sent a message to Support about this, but they referred me back here. So here's my issue: a random playlist I listened to quite a while ago, won't stop playing. Every time I play a song from a different playlist or just a different song in ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I already sent a message to Support about this, but they referred me back here. So here's my issue: a random playlist I listened to quite a while ago, won't stop playing. Every time I play a song fro...
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Spotify keeps relaunching after quit (not restart)

For the last few weeks now, whenever I quit Spotify desktop app on my Macs, it reopens itself. I'm not talking about after a comptuer restart, just a simple quit of the application. Has anybody else experienced this or have a solution to fix it?The o...

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  • For the last few weeks now, whenever I quit Spotify desktop app on my Macs, it reopens itself. I'm not talking about after a comptuer restart, just a simple quit of the application.   Has an...
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Must the Mac Interface be So Bad?

I've been complaining a lot about Spotify recently, so I may as well get it all out. First of all, it's important for Spotify to know I was a huge fan, signed-up for the premium account, and even as I hear more and more features make it into the free...

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  • I've been complaining a lot about Spotify recently, so I may as well get it all out.   First of all, it's important for Spotify to know I was a huge fan, signed-up for the premium account, a...
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MAC SPOTIFY ANDROID SYNC PROBLEM - ASKS EVERY darn TIME!

so I have my soeakers commected to android phone I want to control everything from my mac, like next previous etc it works but it asks me every darn time on my android - Playing XXX from My Macbook Air Play Here or Continue those 2 options pop up. I ...

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  • so I have my soeakers commected to android phone   I want to control everything from my mac, like next previous etc    it works but it asks me every darn time on my android - ...
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Album in my Notfications is greyed out and won't play.

Notifications are great, but Anthony Pappa, Choo Choo records vol 1 won't play for me. I restarted spotify. installed latest version but it is still greyed out. Available 8 days ago.

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  • Notifications are great, but Anthony Pappa, Choo Choo records vol 1 won't play for me. I restarted spotify. installed latest version but it is still greyed out. Available 8 days ago.
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Lost music

In the section "Your Music" i have lost all the songs in the song section, but all albums and artist are still in there sections?? can someone help me?

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  • In the section "Your Music" i have lost all the songs in the song section, but all albums and artist are still in there sections?? can someone help me?
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[Feature Request] Search within an album/playlist

being hooked up to the search engines, IDEs and documents. I find the search functionality limited. I would like to search any content which i am currently viewing - album, playlist or top list. cmd + F = search the current screen

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  • being hooked up to the search engines, IDEs and documents. I find the search functionality limited. I would like to search any content which i am currently viewing - album, playlist or top list. ...
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Spotify stutters playing local files, streaming is fine

Description Spotify constantly stutters (every ~5 secs) playing local files on my hard drive. Spotify plays back streaming songs just fine. A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. Deleted cache 2. Changed cache size 3. Reinstalled Spotif...

  • Casual Listener
  • Description Spotify constantly stutters (every ~5 secs) playing local files on my hard drive. Spotify plays back streaming songs just fine.    A more detailed description, using numbe...
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Album Artwork Troubles!!

No album artworks for any song saved in my Spotify library display in app or on the lockscreen. The artworks don't show anywhere - in offline mode or even when I'm connected to wifi. I hate it so much. How / is there a way to fix this? (I am an iPod ...

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  • No album artworks for any song saved in my Spotify library display in app or on the lockscreen. The artworks don't show anywhere - in offline mode or even when I'm connected to wifi. I hate it so muc...
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quality of downloads?

im on a mac and i see only option to enable high quality streaming. What about the quality of downlaods for my premium? i have the option for both streaming and download quaity on my android, what about this? I need a way to get everything in 320 kbp...

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  • im on a mac and i see only option to enable high quality streaming.   What about the quality of downlaods for my premium?   i have the option for both streaming and download quaity ...
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Does Spotify Know What Language a Song is In?

I am crafting my radio station based on the language of the song. That is, any song in English I downvote. Is Spotify smart enough to recognize that everything I downvote is in English? Or will it think I'm downvoting based on some other unrelated me...

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  • I am crafting my radio station based on the language of the song. That is, any song in English I downvote. Is Spotify smart enough to recognize that everything I downvote is in English? Or will it th...
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Amorphis songs are almost all corrupted on Android and Desktop (Mac)

I've been trying to listen to a lot of Amorphis lately and it seems that almost all their songs have something wrong with them. Possibly encoding bugs.

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been trying to listen to a lot of Amorphis lately and it seems that almost all their songs have something wrong with them. Possibly encoding bugs.
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